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'Sanctuary' policies pose dangers to national security
(The Center Square) – Localities with “sanctuary” policies in Virginia have grown, many butting up against vital military or national security instillations, posing potential threats, according to a former Homeland Security and immigration senior official. Last month, immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released an updated map of localities that have adopted sanctuary policies, which showed a surge in the commonwealth totaling 84. Those localities include the...
Another Navy Amphibious Assault Ship Breaks Down Off the Virginia Coast
One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port -- at least the third such incident this year.Lt. Cmdr. David Carter, a spokesman for Naval Surface Force Atlantic, confirmed that the USS Iwo Jima suffered "a non-propulsion-related materiel casualty in the engineering department" that forced the ship to return to Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday. That description could cover everything from a problem with the ship's hydraulics to power generators to potable water equipment.In an email to Military.com on Friday, Carter said that the ship was at sea...
'Tennessee Three' member urges young Democrats to vote against reversion: 'Not going back'
ETTRICK – A Tennessee state legislator expelled from, then reinstated to that state’s General Assembly stumped for the Democratic presidential ticket here Thursday, focusing on young voters at two area colleges with this message: “We’re not going back.” “This moment and this time require the best of our energies, the best of our...
New Standards for the VA Caregivers Program Are Still in Limbo. Advocates Want Them Released.
Advocates for family members and friends who support severely ill or injured veterans who need daily care are pushing the Biden administration for answers on the future of a Department of Veterans Affairs program that provides benefits to those caregivers.Twelve organizations, including the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Wounded Warrior Project, wrote President Joe Biden on Wednesday asking him to publish new program standards for the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, which have been in the works for more than two years.The VA program, established in 2011 for seriously injured post-9/11 veterans, provides monetary...
House GOP rolls out emergency plan to address VA budget shortfall
House Republicans rolled out an emergency funding plan Friday to address a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee joined House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Mike Bost (R-Ill.) unveiling the bill, dubbed the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act. “My bill is…
First Mallory Pointe homes to be built in 2025, developer says
Mallory Pointe remains devoid of houses three years after Smithfield’s Town Council approved the 812-home development off Battery Park Road. That won’t be the case much longer, according to the project’s developer. Virginia Beach-based Napolitano Homes broke ground last year on a first phase, which calls for 135 homes spread over 87 acres. As of […]
A teacher wrote a book about being a student and teacher in the same classroom in New Kent, Virginia
WTVR 6 News reported that a New Kent teacher wrote a book about the classroom. Mike Henrich attended New Kent Public Schools from kindergarten through 12th grade and started his teaching career there. What he learned while teaching led him to write the book "Teacher Boy: A Memoir."
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